Why these orcas are wearing salmon as hats (again) First observed in the 1980s, the fad of orcas swimming around with dead salmon on their foreheads off Washington State seemed to have faded ...

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Northwest Pacific orcas have started wearing salmon hats again, bringing back a bizarre trend first described in the 1980s, researchers say. This is the first time they've donned the bizarre ...

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has observers wondering if the trend has returned.

Orcas are brilliant creatures. Their brains are highly developed when it comes to problem-solving skills, cognition, and ...

Fashion is fickle and styles come and go — even for orcas, apparently. In 1987, a group of killer whales off the northwestern coast of North America briefly donned salmon “hats,” carrying ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right, the hottest fashion trend of the season might be salmon hats. Yes, you heard that right. Hats made of salmon, not worn by humans, but by orcas - an orca off the coast ...

Science Killer whales bring back wearing salmon hats, but it’s not for fashion. Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the ...

In the 80s, Orcas adopted a fishy fashion trend – they started wearing salmon as hats. With the sophisticated social structures and intricate behaviors of Orcas, these marine mammals often ...

Northwest Pacific orcas have started wearing salmon hats again, bringing back a bizarre trend first described in the 1980s, researchers say. This is the first time they've donned the bizarre headgear ...

Orcas Are Wearing Salmon Hats. Again. An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.

They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?